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The deception came to light after he tried to plug the hole by getting @placeholder to buy his son's construction companies.
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- The chief financial officer of India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd. was arrested Saturday, the third person taken into custody in a scandal that began when the company's chairman admitted inflating profits with "fictitious" assets and non-existent cash. Satyam founder B. Ramalinga Raju is shown Saturday being sent to prison in Hyderabad. Vadlamani Srinivas will appear Sunday before a special court, said A. Sivanarayana, additional director general of police in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, told CNN. Company founder B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother, Rama Raju, Satyam's managing director, were arrested Friday in connection with the scandal. In a letter written to investigators, B. Ramalinga Raju admitted that he and his brother were responsible for cooking the books at Satyam, according to CNN's sister network, CNN-IBN. @highlight Satyam's chief financial officer arrested in profit-fraud scandal @highlight Computer giant employs 53,000 people and operates in 65 countries @highlight Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju said balance-sheet padding began years ago
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The @placeholder routed the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-105 on Monday in Game 1 of their second-round series of the NBA playoffs.
Los Angeles Clippers President Andy Roeser on Tuesday began an indefinite leave as the team and the National Basketball Association search for a new chief executive officer for the franchise. NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a written statement: "This will provide an opportunity for a new CEO to begin on a clean slate and for the team to stabilize under difficult circumstances." Last week the NBA suspended Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and fined him a league-maximum $2.5 million for racist remarks that were recorded and made public. Roeser joined the Clippers franchise in 1984 and become president in 2007. In his role as president he was running the team's day-to-day operations with Sterling suspended. @highlight Andy Roeser was running the team, has been with the Clippers since 1984 @highlight An NBA spokesman says this will help the franchise have a "clean slate" @highlight The NBA is in the process of forcing Clippers owner Donald Sterling to sell the team @highlight Clippers lead their second-round playoff series against Oklahoma City
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An injured child is treated in hospital this afternoon following the accident at @placeholder
Six children are dead and around 25 have been injured after being trampled on a staircase during a panicked stampede at a primary school in southwestern China today. The tragedy occurred after some children punched two three metre mattresses causing them to fall on top of other young pupils, according to local newspaper Yunnan Information Daily. In a terrified response, hordes of other children rushed out of harm's way and charged down a nearby staircase - where many lost their balance and fell before being crushed under the feet of their classmates. Scroll down for video Police officers form a perimeter fpr ambulances at Kunming's Mingtong Primary School in southwestern China today following a stampede which left six young pupils dead and 25 injured @highlight Children dislodged two giant mattresses in playground, south west China @highlight The three metre mattresses collapsed - landing on top of several pupils @highlight Many students rushed out of the way and charged down a nearby staircase @highlight But some fell on the steps and were crushed under the feet of classmates @highlight Chinese vice premier has demanded investigation be launched into tragedy @highlight Accident comes on same day that four pupils were stabbed to death by man in neighboring province of Guangxi
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Playset: The show is also timed with the release of special edition collectible @placeholder men (and women and baby)
By Joshua Gardner The minds behind The Simpsons have spent two years creating it's most expensive episode ever and it's first that places America's favorite family in a Springfield made of LEGOs. The episode dubbed Brick Like Me will be historic episode number 550 of what is now the longest running scripted series in television history. But it wasn't easy getting there. Is that you, Marge? A May 4 episode of The Simpsons puts America's favorite family into a LEGO-fied Springfield Very special: The episode is historic on many fronts. Not only will it be the 550th episode, but it will also rank as the most expensive half-hour Simpsons episode ever produced @highlight The primetime stalwart's historic 550th episode shows Homer waking up to all the town's characters turned to LEGOs @highlight The episode dubbed Brick Like Me is a collaboration between Fox and LEGO Group years in the making @highlight The idea was born years ago when LEGO first approached Fox about making a Simpsons-themed playset
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Richard Ferrer and his nine-month-old daughter, Lyla, enjoying their luxury holiday in @placeholder
Baby days are so much longer than normal days. You cuddle, feed and dress the little cherub, establish meaningful eye contact, clap, sing, make a funny face, wipe away a tear, change another nappy… and it’s still only 7am. But at Cyprus’ most luxurious five-star family hotels you'll wish baby days could last an entire week. Before checking in to the Almyra Hotel in Paphos with our nine-month-old daughter Lyla, my wife Jenny and I were braced for the usual lowest common denominator “fun” synonymous with child-friendly resorts – waterslides, riotous pool games, adults in animal costumes and chicken nuggets for tea. @highlight Richard Ferrer travelled to Paphos with his wife and 9-month-old daughter @highlight The family stayed at Almyra Hotel, one of Cyprus's most luxurious hotels @highlight Resort's attention to detail made travelling with a baby a breeze
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The ammunition seized at the @placeholder border also fitted this rifle.
By Emma Glanfield PUBLISHED: 04:28 EST, 19 March 2014 | UPDATED: 07:35 EST, 19 March 2014 A teenager who bought a machine gun and 187 rounds of ammunition and imported them from the US disguised as ornamental owls has been locked up. Reza Khalilzada, a Dutch national, ordered the Uzi machine gun from the United States but was caught when his parcel was intercepted by customs officials on August 8 last year. The package's label stated that it contained a ceramic dish and an ornament featuring three ceramic owls sitting on a log but x-rays revealed that in fact it held the lethal IWI .22 calibre UZI machine gun and 187 rounds of ammunition. @highlight Reza Khalilzada bought IWI .22 calibre Uzi machine gun and ammunition @highlight Police found nunchucks, CS gas, knives and drugs during search of home @highlight The 18-year-old was found guilty of possessing prohibited weapons @highlight He told officers he had been importing the weapons from US 'for money' @highlight Khalilzada was sentenced to six years behind bars at Isleworth Court
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But @placeholder has joined the 12 F1 teams in refusing to back the move, which has outraged human rights groups around the world.
(CNN) -- Red Bull driver Mark Webber has cast doubt on the Bahrain Grand Prix taking place this year, even though the race has been reinstated on the Formula One calendar. F1's ruling body the FIA announced on Friday that the gulf kingdom, which was supposed to stage the event in March at the start of the season, will hold it at the end of October. The FIA's decision came after its top officials visited the island on Tuesday, and the following day Bahrain's ruler lifted the state of emergency laws that had facilitated the restriction of political leaders and journalists. @highlight Mark Webber "uncomfortable" with decision to stage race in Bahrain @highlight Red Bull driver says it is unlikely the that rescheduled event will go ahead @highlight Bahrain had been due to open season in March but was postponed due to civil unrest @highlight F1 chiefs made decision to reinstate the race after visiting the kingdom on Tuesday
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By default, users will hear previews from @placeholder when exploring music in the app.
By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 08:26 EST, 18 April 2013 | UPDATED: 09:37 EST, 18 April 2013 Twitter has released a music service to recommend music to users. The service works with Apple's iTunes and online services Spotify and Rdio to let people listen to music it thinks they will like. It analyses tweets to find out which songs users most frequently talk about, and also lets users see what music artists themselves are listening to. The Twitter Music service can recommend new tracks and artists to follow 'Today, we're releasing Twitter #music, a new service that will change the way people find music, based on Twitter,' the firm said. @highlight Web and iPhone app recommends music by analysing your tweets @highlight Uses online service Spotify, iTunes and Rdio to play back songs
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At one point he even storms off stage, with @placeholder quickly running after him.
A two-timing cheat with a very short temper decided to go on Dr. Phil to decide if he should leave his wife for his mistress, and let the two ladies meet for the first time. Melvin is married to Rachel, but while the two were separated he began dating Chantelle. That was two years ago, and now Melvin spends his time flip flopping between the two women, who have somehow fallen under his spell. Scroll down for video Two-timer: Melvin (above) is having a relationship with his wife and a mistress Over it: Melvin's wife Rachel (above) just wants him to make a decision so she can move on with her life @highlight Melvin is married to Rachel but having an affair with Chantelle @highlight Melvin met Chantelle when he was separated, and even though he and his wife have reconciled they have remained together for two years @highlight He decided to pick one woman once and for all by going on Dr. Phil
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@placeholder's latest $30 billion worth of efficiency redesigns in 29 sectors have consistently found about 30 to 60 percent savings on retrofit, with two to three year paybacks, and about 40 to 90 percent savings in new facilities, with nearly always lower capital cost.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Amory Lovins is an environmentalist and the chairman and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). Amory Lovins founded the Rocky Mountain Institute in 1982 to promote energy efficiency. Lovins, who participated in Principal Voices in 2006, has advocated the "soft energy path," which promotes efficiency and renewable energy. He has also propagated concepts based on energy conservation, efficiency as well as the generation of energy at or near the site where it is actually used. The author of 29 books, who has also advised 19 heads of state, Lovins talks about the current state of renewable energy. @highlight Amory Lovins says smart businesses are becoming more energy efficient @highlight He's the chairman and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute @highlight Lovins: "Integrative design can often make very big energy savings" @highlight Amory Lovins participated in CNN's Principal Voices in 2006
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'I give up': Melodramatic Alec Baldwin laments his A-list life as he predicts he will 'probably' have to leave @placeholder in candid new interview
By William Turvill PUBLISHED: 10:29 EST, 25 February 2014 | UPDATED: 13:22 EST, 25 February 2014 Two New York police sources have said they would not miss Alec Baldwin should he move to Los Angeles New York police sources have reportedly said Alec Baldwin will not be missed should he move to Los Angeles. The actor revealed yesterday in New York magazine that he ‘probably’ needs to move out of the city and said he was considering L.A. Baldwin said he misses the days when New Yorkers would signal their appreciation of celebrities briefly and politely while taking care to maintain privacy. @highlight Two New York police sources say the actor will not be missed should he move to Los Angeles @highlight Mr Baldwin said in an interview, published yesterday, that he 'probably' needs to move out of the city and that he was considering L.A
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Here you are now, @placeholder, nearing the end of your term, and having achieved none of the above and deceivingly marching us the American people in the blazing fire.'
Journalists Steven Sotloff (left) and James Foley (right) have both been killed by Islamist militants in recent weeks. Sotloff was pictured in the video delivering message taunting U.S. President Barack Obama. The Arabic text at the bottom of this frame translates to: 'Now is the time for my message'. A knife-wielding jihadist stands next to U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff in the video that was released online overnight. U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff, 31, (left) was kidnapped in Syria last year. Sotloff's mother Shirley (right) made a televised appeal for the return of her son last week. Australian Warren Rodwell, pictured in a ransom video with his Abu Sayyaf captors in the Philippines. Mr Rodwell has today shed light on what it is like to be a captive who has lost hope. He spent 472 days in captivity. He was never tortured and has previously described his abductors as 'buffoons' @highlight Islamic State militants have murdered two U.S. journalists in the past month @highlight James Foley and Steven Sotloff condemned America, believed to have been under heavy coercion @highlight Psychologists and an Australian kidnapping victim explains what life is like in captivity after all hope is lost @highlight 'Nothing really has meaning to you anymore... Someone tells you "say this" and you say it' @highlight 'You just imagine whoever is watching it is smart enough to realise you haven't really got your heart in it'
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"The defense chooses not to make a closing statement," @placeholder told the court, refusing to challenge any of the evidence presented during 13 days of testimony in the court-martial.
Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- Deliberations were suspended for the night Thursday in the court-martial of the Army psychiatrist charged with massacring soldiers at Fort Hood. The jury will continue weighing the fate Friday morning of Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is charged with 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder in the November 5, 2009, shooting rampage. The only real question likely facing the jury is Hasan's degree of guilt, given that he told the court during opening arguments that the evidence would clearly show he was the shooter. Court reconvened briefly Thursday evening after the jury said it had two questions. Jurors asked to have police officer Mark Todd's testimony read back to them and asked to see a map of buildings at Fort Hood. @highlight Deliberations are suspended for the night @highlight Jurors asked two questions before recessing for the day @highlight A jury is weighing whether Army Maj. Nidal Hasan is guilty @highlight Hasan has admitted killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in November 2009
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Kimberly Ballinger, mother to Gurley's daughter @placeholder, rested the child on her lap before speeches were made calling for a full investigation.
Friends and relatives of the innocent man shot dead by an NYPD rookie have revealed he was about to start a new job with the city authority as he prepared to offer his two-year-old daughter a stable future. Neighbors paid tribute to Akai Gurley, 28, telling reporters he was a well-mannered member of the apartment block that never caused trouble. Their words added to mounting pressure on the DA to launch a full investigation into the Thursday night shooting in Brooklyn, which has been described by NYPD authorities as 'an unfortunate tragedy'. 'He was about to start work': Friends have paid tribute to Akai Gurley who was shot dead as he was due to start work with the city authority. The DA has launched a full investigation into the shooting on Thursday @highlight Akai Gurley, 28, had just been offered a job with the city authority @highlight Brooklyn officials met with the DA, no full investigation planned yet @highlight Akaila, his two-year-old daughter, said she misses her father at Harlem rally @highlight Mother Kimberly Ballinger held her as rest of family demanded answers @highlight Gurley was shot dead by NYPD Officer Peter Liang Thursday in Brooklyn @highlight Police force said Liang was in dimly-lit stairwell and fired by accident
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@placeholder version, which was developed by their pastry suppliers Rich's Products also uses nutmeg and buttermilk and is injected with
It is meant to be a delightfully sweet and tasty treat, but the Duffin, a doughnut - muffin hybrid, has left a very bitter taste in one pastry chef's mouth, after Starbucks trademarked the name. Bea Vo, owner of Bea's of Bloomsbury, has been selling her Duffins from her four London bakeries for over two years. She was shocked to learn that high street coffee giants Starbucks had launched it's own version of the snack and registered the name. Caked off: The owner of London's Bea's bakery is furious after Starbuck's trademarked the name 'Duffin' The Bea's of Bloomsbury Duffin uses a buttermilk and nutmeg batter which is baked and stuffed with raspberry jam before being dipped in melted butter and then dusted with sugar. @highlight Bea's of Bloomsbury has been selling Duffins for over two years @highlight Starbucks own version launched last week uses a very similar recipe @highlight Rich's Products, which developed Starbucks' Duffin, trademarks the name
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That's how gun abolitionists claim @placeholder gun laws are so strict that our "weak laws" (read: freedoms) are to blame for "fueling the violence" in Mexico.
Editor's note: Wayne LaPierre has served as the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association of America since 1991. His latest book is "The Global War on Your Guns: Inside the U.N. Plan to Destroy the Bill of Rights." Wayne LaPierre says the Mexican drug war isn't a reason to restrict gun ownership in the U.S. (CNN) -- Here's a summary for the time- or attention-challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can't affect criminals; they disobey laws for a living. Nobody is surprised that Attorney General Eric Holder wants to make good on his promise to ban guns. We just didn't know whose tragedy he'd seize to advance his agenda. @highlight Wayne LaPierre: Effort under way to reinstate Clinton-era gun ban @highlight He says claims that 95% of Mexico drug guns come from U.S. aren't backed up @highlight LaPierre: Our gun freedoms aren't responsible for fueling the drug war @highlight He says U.S. should seal the border and enforce existing gun laws
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Mr Maude and Mr @placeholder told the Prime Minister: ‘We consider that the importance the Government attaches to the successful implementation of the HS2 project ... justifies the use of the veto in this case.’
By Tim Shipman PUBLISHED: 20:34 EST, 10 December 2013 | UPDATED: 04:50 EST, 11 December 2013 Senior Tory MPs demanded that the government publish a damning report into the £50 billion High Speed Rail project yesterday after the Mail revealed ministers are trying to suppress it. Conservative Vice Chairman Michael Fabricant broke ranks and warned that failure to come clean about the project would fuel ‘growing mistrust about HS2’. He spoke out after it emerged that Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude have called on David Cameron to veto the release of the report, which found that HS2 was a ‘red/amber’ project in danger of failing, under Freedom of Information laws. @highlight Michael Fabricant demanded that the government publish report on HS2 @highlight Warned that failure to do so would fuel 'mistrust' about rail project
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‘Many things have been said about Gardeners’ @placeholder, but you can’t say it is racist,’ he said.
With its amiable discussions on greenfly and compost, it may seem as innocuous as a radio show could be. So regular listeners to Gardeners’ Question Time will be surprised to find it caught up in a race row. For an academic claims that Radio 4’s long-running programme is spreading covert racist stereotypes disguised as horticultural advice. The panel from BBC Radio 4's Question Time, which has been criticised as being full of racial language Dr Ben Pitcher, a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Westminster, says the panel show is ‘saturated’ with racial language. From debates about native and non-native plant species to advice about the purity of different soil types, the programme’s resident green-fingered experts are secretly feeding nationalist and fascist fantasies, he claims. @highlight Dr Ben Pitcher claims BBC Radio 4 programme is saturated in racism @highlight Sociology lecturer says its spreading covert racist stereotypes in disguise @highlight Believes the show is secretly feeding nationalist and fascist fantasies @highlight Appeared on another Radio 4 programme 'Thinking Allowed' on July 30
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@placeholder railed against NATO after the fatal strike, calling it an illegal act and a "war crime."
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- One of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons -- Saif al-Arab Gadhafi -- was killed after a NATO airstrike, a spokesman for Libya's government said Sunday at a press conference. Moammar Gadhafi and his wife were in their son's house when it was targeted, spokesman Musa Ibrahim said. Both of them are in good health, according to the spokesman. The victim is one of two Gadhafi sons whose names begin with Saif. The other is Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, who had previously touted reform but has emerged as one of his father's most visible defenders in recent months. @highlight A NATO commander says that "we do not target individuals" @highlight A rebel spokesman doubts the claim of the death of the son @highlight A Libyan spokesman calls the strike, which also killed several children, a "war crime" @highlight Moammar Gadhafi and his wife were in the house at the time but are in good health
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The issue is controversial because of China's opposition to the Uyghurs being sent to any country but @placeholder.
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CNN) -- Four Chinese nationals of Uyghur ethnicity who had been held at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility have been resettled in Bermuda, officials said Thursday. Attorney General Eric Holder says the U.S. is "extremely grateful to the government of Bermuda." "Above all, this was a humanitarian act," Bermudan Premier Ewart Brown told CNN in an interview at his Cabinet office in Hamilton, Bermuda. "We don't see it as quid pro quo." The four were twice cleared for release -- once by the Bush administration and again this year, according to a Justice Department statement. @highlight NEW: Bermudan premier: "Above all, this was a humanitarian act" @highlight Uyghurs are native Chinese Muslims; the detainees were apprehended in Pakistan @highlight China urges U.S. to hand over all 17 Uyghurs held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba @highlight Official says U.S. still negotiating with Palau to take remaining 13 Uyghurs
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Exam boards can add extra books, but experts say the rules leave very little room for 20th century writing outside @placeholder.
John Malkovich and Gary Sinise in the 1992 film adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which is set to be dropped from the GCSE syllabus US literary classics are to be dropped from English literature GCSEs under plans that have triggered a backlash against Michael Gove. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men are among the American novels being ditched by an exam board, along with the Arthur Miller play The Crucible. The OCR board said it had taken the decision because of the Education Secretary’s desire for the exam to be ‘more focused on tradition’ and because there were fewer opportunities to include American texts on the new British-dominated syllabus. @highlight Famous US literary classics set to be dropped from English literature exam @highlight OCR exam board drops texts because Michael Gove wants more 'tradition' @highlight The decision sparked online petitions and a storm of protest on Twitter
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It is not yet clear how she met 17-year-old Miss @placeholder.
The father of a missing south London girl who is feared to have travelled to Syria has made a desperate plea for her to come home. Abdirashiid Dirie, from Stockwell, has urged his 17-year-old daughter Samya to return, saying 'nobody's against you'. The college student is believed to have flown out of Heathrow airport with 15-year-old Bristol girl Yusra Hussien nearly two weeks ago. Yusra Hussien, 15, (pictured above) is though to have fled to Syria with London teenager Samya Dirie, 17, whose father has now appealed for her to return home Safiya Hussien (centre), Yusra's mother, spoke at a press conference with the girl's aunt's Sucdis Ali (left) and Ikram Mohamed, last week @highlight 17-year-old college student from South London disappeared two weeks ago @highlight She is thought to have travelled to Middle East with 15-year-old from Bristol @highlight Teenager has since phoned her cousin saying she is afraid to come back @highlight Her father urges her to return to Britain, saying: 'Nobody's against you' @highlight He tells he she will not be arrested and can be religiously faithful in the UK @highlight Parents had no idea girl - who planned to be a lawyer - was about to flee
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Top destination: Women cite the @placeholder as their fifth ideal holiday destination
By Travelmail Reporter It’s surprising couples ever end up on holiday together. Men and women want to visit totally different destinations for trips abroad, according to a new survey. Men would rather opt for a European break over a long-haul holiday because they don’t like to travel for more than four hours. At odds: Men would prefer destinations closer to home while woman are happy to travel long-haul 1. Turkey2. Majorca3. Canary Islands4. Egypt5. Italy 1. Thailand2. Caribbean3. Florida4. Mexico5. Maldives While women would happily travel for up to 12 hours to reach their dream holiday, with more than 60 per cent preferring long-haul trips to short-haul breaks. @highlight Maldives, Thailand and Caribbean top women's ideal destinations @highlight Men prefer short-haul trips such as Turkey, Majorca or the Canary Islands
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"The @placeholder has been, among others, coach of England and Mexico.
(CNN) -- Former England and Mexico coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has been appointed as coach of the Ivory Coast national team for the World Cup finals in South Africa. Eriksson led England to the quarterfinals of both the 2002 and 2006 World Cup finals but had a less successful spell with Mexico, and was sacked from that post in April last year. The Swede was recently director of football at lower league English side Notts County, but left that position when the club ran into financial difficulties. The appointment of Eriksson was announced live on national television on Sunday evening by Souleymane Alex Bamba, a member of Ivory Coast's Football Federation. @highlight Sven-Goran Eriksson is appointed coach of the Ivory Coast national team @highlight Swede Eriksson will lead the nation at the World Cup finals in South Africa @highlight Eriksson led England to successive World Cup quarterfinals in 2002 and 2006
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"They want to blame a third party, but the order confirmation e-mail I got was from @placeholder."
(CNN) -- You know the old saying -- if a deal is too good to be true, then it probably is too good to be true. That's what happened to a major retailer's online shoppers Friday afternoon. Sears.com inadvertently advertised Apple's 16GB iPad 2 for $69, much less than the regular advertised price of $744.99. That low price got the attention of web shoppers and the deal went viral on Twitter and other social media websites. Many people took advantage of the unbelievable deal, though a Sears spokesperson couldn't give an exact number. Friday night, Sears posted a statement online telling customers the error was made by a third-party vendor and the deal will not be honored. @highlight Sears website advertised 16GB iPad for $69 @highlight The retailer blames a third-party vendor for the mistake @highlight Sears says it will not honor the deal and will refund customers' money
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The @placeholder leg of the odyssey was clearly the most demanding, the footage showing ‘Riceman 2011’ grimacing in sub-zero temperatures as snow billows around him.
For many of us, a few simple images of our last holiday will suffice as mementos. Perhaps we take a few quick snaps on our camera-phone and upload them to Instagram, perhaps we make a short video to capture a special moment – or perhaps we reel off an enormous range of photos, then leave them to capture digital dust on a memory card. Standing at the edge of America: 'Riceman 2011' visits the USA's southernmost point at Key West But for one particular tourist on a sight-seeing mission around the United States, such little travel fragments are not enough. Nowhere near enough. @highlight Determined American tourist covers all 50 US states in one concise video @highlight Journey takes him to the furthest corners of the country, including Alaska @highlight Texas-based traveller publishes the video 'in the spirit of Independence Day'
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Just last month, an over 1,000-pound alligator was snagged in @placeholder
This year's alligator hunting season is one for the history books in Mississippi, where the record has been shattered twice just days after hunting began. The new heaviest gator ever caught in the state was pulled from waters near Vicksburg on Sunday and weighed a whopping 792-pounds. Just the day before, the record had been broken when a 756-pounder was snagged. Scroll down for video Behemoth: A record-breaking alligator weighing just shy of 800 pounds was caught in Mississippi on Sunda Historical hunting season: The gator beat the previous record, set just the day before, by just 36 pounds Sunday's record beast measured 13.5 feet and was pulled in by a 3-man team led by Brian Montgomery of Starkville, reports WAPT. @highlight It's a big year for gators in the Magnolia State, where a 3-man team brought in the 13.5-footer on Sunday @highlight Just the day before, the record had been broken with a 756-pound alligator @highlight Meanwhile, an 1,011.5-pound gator was caught in Alabama last month
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Ladies loved it; girls adored it, but @placeholder could see right through it and asked him to sing 15 seconds a cappella.
(EW.com) -- Oof. The Miami and Dallas audition rounds of "The X Factor" brought us a few solid acts -- and one stunning one -- and an utterly ridiculous amount of screentime dedicated to losers and fools. Have I been suckered into recapping "America's Got Talent?" Thankfully, Simon and company redeemed themselves by sticking a grey-sweatered dagger into that festering zit of a human being Xander Alexander (stage name) at the very end of the show. If you look up "the worst" in a dictionary, you will find this tattered seafoam creature, standing all alone with only his terrible attitude and a trash-basket Pepsi to keep him company. FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. Books are timeless. @highlight We heard Melanie Amaro's entire amazing performance of Beyonce's "Listen" @highlight Dexter Haygood broke out a rote James Brown tribute act with "Sexy Machine" @highlight Paula suggested Nick lose the Michael Jackson choreography and focus on his vocals
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The photos appeared after the president announced this month that he was adding @placeholder to his social media blitz.
(CNN) -- As saber rattling grows over the Syrian president's alleged use of chemical weapons against his own people, Bashar al-Assad's once high-profile wife, Asma, has kept a low profile. "She's just hunkered down in Damascus," said Andrew Tabler, a senior fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and author of "In the Lion's Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria." "She's standing by her man." That's where she can be seen in photographs of the al-Assads posted this week on Instagram. No images of bloody battle fields mar the view of the president caught in the middle of the civil war. Instead, photo after photo of the couple show a picture of caring. In one, the first lady -- who majored in computer science and French literature at King's College London -- wipes away a boy's tear. In another, she is listening intently to a group of women. @highlight "She's just hunkered down in Damascus," says Andrew Tabler, expert on Syria @highlight Happy images on Instagram account contrast with harsh reality on the ground @highlight Asma al-Assad is seen at diplomatic functions, awards ceremonies and stirring pots
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U.S. officials have said they have seen intelligence suggesting that @placeholder military units may be preparing chemical weapons for use.
(CNN) -- The newly elected head of Syria's opposition briefed European foreign ministers Monday on the crisis there, European Union foreign affairs representative Catherine Ashton said. Ashton met Monday with Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib and pledged European support ahead of the monthly meeting of European Union foreign ministers. "We want to help, but it's their country," she said. Al-Khatib was to discuss his proposal for a political transition to end the hostilities that have left thousands of people dead during nearly 21 months of violence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has characterized as a fight against terrorism. Ashton said the world must take a stand against al-Assad's actions. @highlight "Those responsible will be held accountable" for use of chemical weapons, EU says @highlight At least 142 people are killed Monday across Syria, the opposition says @highlight Syria accuses the United States of setting it up to be framed on chemical weapons
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Replica: With China's love of all things French, the developers must have thought they were onto a winner when they built @placeholder
With the Eiffel Tower standing proudly above decorative European buildings, this looks like a magnificent view of the famous French capital. However, not all is at it seems. Incredibly, this Parisian scene is actually in the middle of China. The Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is filled with grand European buildings and wide walkways. Ornate fountains and statues also line the streets of the town. This is a view of the Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, China. Despite being built as a replica of Paris, the town has not proved popular and is virtually empty Empty: The Tianducheng development in Hangzhou is designed to accommodate at least 10,000 people but it has instead been labelled as a ghost town @highlight Tianducheng development designed to look just like the French capital @highlight But it has been labelled a 'ghost town' because fewer people than expected have moved in
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During the event on October 5, Kadyrov took to the stage to address crowds who had gathered in the residential and commercial complex in the @placeholder capital.
By Graham Smith Last updated at 7:19 PM on 12th October 2011 A human rights watchdog has criticised a string of celebrities including Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank for attending a concert celebrating the birthday of Chechnyan leader Ramzan Kadyrov. New York-based Human Rights Watch hit out at Swank, Belgian actor Jean-Claude Van Damme and British violinist Vanessa Mae for attending the event in Grozny last week. Kadyrov has been accused of rights abuses including orchestrated abductions, extra-judicial killings and the enforcement of Sharia law in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Human Rights Watch allegedly contacted some artists urging them not to perform and to 'avoid legitimising people like' Kadyrov. @highlight Human Rights Watch says celebrities have 'legitimised' controversial leader @highlight Violinist Vanessa Mae 'charged half-a-million dollars' to perform @highlight Leader is linked to corruption and human rights abuses
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The group held signs up with various messages imploring @placeholder to relent.
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 08:42 EST, 4 October 2013 | UPDATED: 12:12 EST, 4 October 2013 Casey Kasem's children are being prevented from visiting their ailing father according to his daughter Kerri. Kasem, now 81, was known for his years as the host of the countdown show ‘American Top 40’. He is suffering from Parkinson's disease and retired from his radio hosting in 2009. Kerri, Mike and Julie Kasem say they have not been allowed to see their father for three months. Scroll down to hear a clip of Casey 'losing it'! Kerri, Mike and Julie Kasem say they have not been allowed to see their father Casey Kasem (right) for three months because of their step mother, Jean (left) @highlight Casey Kasem's longtime manager said the star is still of sound mind @highlight Kasem's children not being allowed to see father, says his daughter Kerri @highlight Kasem, 81, is suffering from Parkinson's disease @highlight Popular radio host best known as the voice behind 'American Top 40' @highlight Kasem had three children with his first wife and one with his current
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The demonstrations were sparked by the actions of a controversial Florida pastor who presided over what he called a trial of the @placeholder on March 20.
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- About 1,000 protesters gathered in front of Kabul University on Tuesday morning, as protests continue throughout Afghanistan to condemn the burning of a Quran by a pastor in the United States. The demonstrators marched toward the city center amid a heavy police presence but without incident, said Kabul City police official Abdullah Mahboob. The sight was in marked contrast to earlier demonstrations, some of which turned deadly. On Sunday, police and stone-throwing demonstrators clashed in Kandahar with as many as three people killed in the violence. At least nine people were killed and 73 injured in Kandahar on Saturday, and 12 people died Friday -- including seven U.N. employees -- when angry demonstrators stormed a U.N. compound in Mazar-i-Sharif. @highlight The protests go off without incident @highlight Some other demonstrations have turned deadly @highlight They have been sparked by a Florida pastor's burning of the Muslim holy book
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On Thursday, @placeholder elaborated on why he felt Issa's actions were troubling.
House Speaker John Boehner said Rep. Darrell Issa was justified in ending an acrimonious hearing on IRS targeting of conservative groups -- a meeting concluded when Issa cut the hearing room microphones with his harshest critic on the panel, Rep. Elijah Cummings, in mid sentence. "From what I understand, I think Mr. Issa was in his rights to adjourn the hearing," Boehner told reporters on Thursday. The Congressional Black Caucus wants Issa removed as House Oversight Committee chairman following Wednesday's uproar, which it sees as the latest in a series of disrespectful responses to pushback from Democrats during hearings on the IRS matter. @highlight Rep. Elijah Cummings and Rep. Darrell Issa clash during IRS hearing @highlight Underlying tensions are politically motivated and both sides accuse the other of opportunism @highlight Congressional Black Caucus asks Speaker Boehner to remove Issa as chairman @highlight Cummings, Congressional Black Caucus say Issa's actions part of disrespectful pattern
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He said he canceled plans to travel to the United States for three public appearances, citing what he described as indications that @placeholder officials might not follow the "rule of law" in dealing with him.
(CNN) -- A surprise appearance by WikiLeaks.org founder Julian Assange at the TED Global conference in Oxford, England, has cast new light on the activities of the site and its mysterious leader. Assange's site, which released video of a U.S. air strike in Iraq that killed a dozen civilians, claims to have revealed more classified intelligence documents than the rest of the world's media combined. Explaining during his appearance Friday why WikiLeaks has been keeping a lower profile since releasing the video, Assange said it was working on raising funds and strengthening its technical infrastructure to handle more traffic while accumulating "an enormous quantity of whistle-blower disclosures." @highlight WikiLeaks.org founder Julian Assange makes rare public appearance @highlight He says the site has been overwhelmed by disclosures from whistle-blowers @highlight Assange said site has disclosed more classified documents than rest of world's media combined @highlight He said WikiLeaks will defend Army private accused of leaks but site won't name source
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"They looked all over," says @placeholder with a smile on his face.
Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- When celebrated film composer Hans Zimmer agreed to create the soundtrack for Disney's 1994 animated film "The Lion King," he knew there was only one person he wanted to work with -- South African singer and songwriter Lebo M. Award-winning Zimmer, whose illustrious body of work includes scores for mega-hits such as "Gladiator," "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Simpsons," had already collaborated successfully with Lebo on "The Power of One," a 1992 drama set in South Africa. "By the time he [Zimmer] had committed to what became 'The Lion King,' there were other people hired that I replaced ... because Hans was reluctant to continue without me in the project," remembers Lebo. @highlight Lebo M conducted and sang on the movie The Lion King @highlight His arrangements won him a Grammy and he is currently working on his first ever tour @highlight The South African advises young people in the continent to embrace their identity @highlight "The African in you is your ticket to Hollywood," he says
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Its spinning blades don't pose a significant threat to birds and bats, @placeholder says, because critters don't usually fly as high as the turbines.
The first time you see this bizarre aircraft floating high above the horizon, you may be confused. It looks kind of like a giant, winged doughnut. It's 35 feet wide, and inventors call it the BAT. It's an unmanned, helium-filled, cylindrical blimp wrapped around three spinning blades that turn wind into electricity. Can the BAT, which stands for buoyant airborne turbine, help bring life-saving electricity to an estimated 1 billion people in rural areas where power is unavailable? Altaeros Energies, launched four years ago by a group of MIT grads, hopes so. The young company is competing with Google and other outfits trying to bring the first viable airborne wind turbine to market. @highlight Engineers race to develop unmanned flying machine that turns wind to electricity @highlight Altaeros Energies' helium-filled BAT may start Alaska field tests in 2015 @highlight Google's Makani Turbine uses an airplane-like design @highlight Worldwide, an estimated 1 billion rural residents have no access to electricity
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While Warrington benefited from Craig Robinson's early goal against Exeter, this time they fell behind in the opening stages when @placeholder struck.
Gateshead ended Warrington Town's FA Cup ambitions as goals from Matty Pattison and Danny Wright ensured the Conference side squeezed into the third round draw. South African midfielder Pattison finished high into the net after eight minutes after Rob Ramshaw had got the better of Craig Robinson near the touchline and pulled the ball back. But they needed a stoppage time second from Wright to overcome Warrington's spirited resistance. It was a moment to forget for goalkeeper Karl Wills, who tried to launch a late Warrington assault but saw his clearance fall straight to Wright, who finished into an empty net. @highlight Gateshead beat Warrington Town 2-0 to book their place in the FA Cup third round on Sunday afternoon @highlight The Conference side led when Matty Pattison fired home Rob Ramshaw's cut-back on eight minutes @highlight But it took them until stoppage time to kill off Warrington's spirited challenge when Danny Wright scored @highlight Three divisions and 79 places separated the two opponents at the Gateshead International Stadium @highlight Northern Premier League Division One North side Warrington caused a sensation by beating Exeter in first round
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A statement from Serco said: "@placeholder confirms that it will co-operate fully with the SFO investigation."
By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 07:13 EST, 4 November 2013 | UPDATED: 09:25 EST, 4 November 2013 The Serious Fraud Office has launched a criminal investigation into claims private firms G4S and Serco were overcharging for tagging criminals. The probe comes after it was claimed taxpayers were charged tens of millions of pounds for ‘phantom’ electronic tags on criminals who were either dead, in jail or had left the country. It is a fresh blow for government plans to outsource even more work to private firms in a bid to save money. Ministers fear taxpayers could have overpaid two private companies for their work tagging criminals @highlight G4S and Serco accused of wrongly billing for non-existent tags @highlight Estimates suggest one in six of 18,000 tags billed for were not real @highlight Ministers asked fraud investigators to look into claims after internal audit
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Sterling's shooting accuracy (56.9 per cent) is vastly superior to @placeholder (41.7 per cent) at the same age
Cristiano Ronaldo has redefined the notion of 'world class', energising the tired term and catapulting it to a far higher plain. He has reinvented the manner in which we digest football numbers. Ronaldo has – albeit with the aid of Lionel Messi – driven back the boundaries of footballing capability. Cristiano Ronaldo is full of energy despite the rough weather during Real Madrid's training session at Anfield The Portuguese star shows off some of his skills as Real gear up for their seismic clash with Liverpool Raheem Sterling gets a handshake from Mario Balotelli (left) during Liverpool's run-out at Anfield @highlight Ahead of Champions League showdown at Anfield, Sportsmail compares Sterling to a rookie Ronaldo during his early years at Manchester United… @highlight Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 271 goals in 258 games for Real Madrid @highlight At 19 years of age, Raheem Sterling has taken the Premier League by storm @highlight 'I really look up to Ronaldo, he is someone that has always been an idol to me,' says Liverpool star Sterling
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@placeholder, who once opposed same-sex marriage, had recently taken the official position that his views were "evolving."
(CNN) -- Before President Barack Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage this week, White House officials gave mixed signals on just how and when the president had originally planned to roll out his support for the issue. Some said an announcement had been in the works for a while and was imminent, while others said that the president intended to reveal his beliefs during a previously scheduled appearance on "The View" this Monday. Others said the president was going to speak out for same-sex marriage at some point before the Democratic convention. The Democratic sources said that the president knew he had to voice his support before the convention when the Democratic Party is likely to include a pro-same-sex marriage plank in its platform. And whatever timeline he had was moved up after Biden spoke candidly in favor of same-sex marriage during a television interview taped last Friday for NBC's "Meet the Press." @highlight Timeline to announce was moved up after Biden's "Meet the Press" comments, souces said @highlight Sources: White House tried to do preemptive damage control before interview aired @highlight President decided to speak after Biden comments dominated Sunday, Monday news cycles
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Each bath takes @placeholder an hour and a half to two hours, including a blow dry.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Murphy bounds up the stairs, down the stairs, over the hurdles, through the tunnel and stops. He cautiously sidesteps the large white ring in front of him and sits down. Betty Yadlosky tries to tease her Himalayan Persian named Tangerine with a feather. "Through the ring! Come on, Murphy, through the ring!" his owner encourages, as she enthusiastically jingles a feathered toy on the other side of the obstacle. Murphy glances over, clearly saying, "There is no way I am jumping through that hoop." And anyone watching -- anyone who has ever owned a cat -- knows he is right. @highlight Cat Fanciers' Association holds International Cat Show in Atlanta, Georgia @highlight More than 700 cats of 41 breeds participate in show @highlight Kuorii Santos of Cuzzoe wins "Best in Show" @highlight Cats give owners trouble on the agility course during training time
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Tactics: @placeholder players' naivety when it comes to differing formations may have cost them in Brazil
By Chris Waugh Follow @@ChrisDHWaugh Following England's earliest exit from a World Cup since 1958, former players and managers have been queuing up to add their opinion to the inquest that will inevitably begin when the Three Lions return from Brazil. Successive 2-1 losses to Italy and Uruguay leave England bottom of Group D and already eliminated from the tournament, despite having a match against Costa Rica still to play on Tuesday. Among some of the suggestions offered to ready the Three Lions for future tournaments are that English players need to learn to play alternative formations, the FA need to produce a greater number of coaches, and England must make sure their best XI players take to the field. @highlight England suffered their earliest World Cup exit since 1958 in Brazil @highlight Successive 2-1 losses to Italy and Uruguay left England bottom of Group D @highlight They have already been eliminated despite having a game remaining @highlight Former players and managers suggest English players need to learn alternative formations and that the FA must produce more coaches
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Police are unclear about what set the brother off Saturday, and @placeholder said he's being careful not to speculate.
(CNN) -- By the time the police officer kicked the door in, it was too late. Kerby Revelus was holding his 5-year-old sister, Bianca, and while the officer watched, he dragged a kitchen knife across her throat with such fury that he decapitated her. Samantha Revelus, 17, had called 911 for help after her brother attacked his sisters with a knife. "It's hard to imagine that kind of horror," said Milton, Massachusetts, Police Chief Richard G. Wells Jr. Mere seconds passed before other officers arrived and rushed into the home in the tony Boston suburb of 25,000. Police had received a 911 call from another Revelus sibling, 17-year-old Samantha. Suffering from several deep cuts in her upper body, she was losing strength. @highlight Kerby Revelus had an arrest history involving domestic violence, police say @highlight They say he killed sisters, 5 and 17, but police saved another sibling, age 9 @highlight Police chief: "It's hard to imagine that kind of tragedy, that kind of horror"
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Several investigations into what occurred over the two days of the siege are underway, including what information security agencies had on @placeholder, and how the police handled the crisis.
Sydney (CNN)Only one of the Sydney siege victims was shot by the gunman, with the second killed by fragments of police bullets fired when officers stormed the cafe, an inquest has heard. The revelations, which came in the opening day of an inquest into the 16-hour siege of a central Sydney cafe, are likely to further fuel questions about how New South Wales Police responded to the December 15 incident, especially their choice of weapons. Of the five shots fired by Man Haron Monis, a self-styled Muslim cleric who took 18 people hostage, only one found a target, counsel assisting the coroner Jeremy Gormly told the inquest. @highlight An inquest begins into the Sydney siege, which resulted in deaths of two hostages @highlight One was killed execution-style by the gunman, the other was struck by police bullets @highlight Other investigations into the 16-hour siege are underway
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Poll: In @placeholder race, libertarian could be spoiler
Just months after President Obama was described by his own advisers as a "bear" on the loose, there are few midterm sightings of the man once dubbed the "campaigner in chief" by his Republican adversaries. The President has spent much of the 2014 cycle behind closed doors, either cloistered inside the White House cocoon dealing with a seemingly endless series of crises and scandals, or at private fundraisers, urging donors to write checks to top Democratic Party campaign and political action committees. Tough road for Democrats to keep the Senate That political calendar will evolve somewhat as Election Day draws near, a White House official told CNN. For starters, the President will appear at events with Democratic candidates in the coming weeks, the official said. @highlight President Obama is set to hit the trail for Democratic candidates @highlight The 2014 midterm elections take place in less than four weeks @highlight He won't be going to some deeply red states, an official says @highlight He has largely been off the trail because of his low job approval numbers
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"Given the circumstances, it is good that we will play our three games in @placeholder and we will not face Germany.
(CNN) -- Spain's world champions will begin the defense of their European title against fellow football superpowers Italy next June, after both were drawn in Group C on Friday. That match in Gdansk will be the feature clash of the third day of the Euro 2012 finals, while the Republic of Ireland will take on Croatia in the other opening Group C fixture in Poznan. "It is a difficult draw. The 16 strongest teams are in this tournament so whatever team we came up against would have presented problems," Spain coach Vicente del Bosque told UEFA's website. Relive the draw as it happened @highlight Co-hosts Poland play 2004 winners Greece in opening game of Euro 2012 @highlight Defending champions Spain take on Italy in Group C opener on June 10 @highlight Group B features the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Portugal @highlight Co-hosts Ukraine in Group D with France, England and Sweden
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Castro a few days after the women escaped and that @placeholder said, 'I knew
The three women who were held captive and sexually abused in a Cleveland home for a decade have returned to the 'House of Horrors' in an extraordinary show of bravery. On Friday morning, Michelle Knight visited to Ariel Castro's home, where she was held from August 2002 until her escape on May 6, so that she could thank neighbors for their support. Amanda Berry and her father also returned to the home on Tuesday to thank those who helped her when she fled for safety, and Gina DeJesus also visited Seymour Street this week, 19ActionNews reported. Knight's visit came as it emerged her captor will start his term - a life sentence plus 1,000 years - isolated from other inmates. @highlight Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus separately visited the home in Cleveland to thank neighbors for their support @highlight Castro will start his life sentence in isolation due to high profile of his case
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say there's no evidence that @placeholder was a drug user, but they have
By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 14:49 EST, 24 October 2013 | UPDATED: 14:50 EST, 24 October 2013 A former Ohio doctor accused of killing a pregnant woman last year by injecting her with heroin after she answered a Craigslist ad pleaded guilty today for her death and that of her nearly full-term unborn child. Ali Salim, 44, entered the pleas in Delaware County Court, north of Columbus, ahead of his trial scheduled for next week. He faces 37 years in prison at a December sentencing. Ali Salim (pictured right in court today) entered guilty pleas to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, as well as a count each of tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse @highlight Pakistani-born Dr Ali Salim, 44, pleaded guilty for the death of pregnant Deanna Ballman and her unborn baby @highlight Mother-of-two was found dead in her car in August 2012 after man allegedly gave her a lethal heroin injection @highlight Salim faces 37 years in prison at a December sentencing
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Mr @placeholder defended Noriega in 2010, during a trial which saw him sentenced to seven years in prison.
By Peter Allen PUBLISHED: 12:29 EST, 18 March 2013 | UPDATED: 12:52 EST, 18 March 2013 France's most famous lawyer, whose powerful adversaries included former president Nicolas Sarkozy, was found dead yesterday. The body of Olivier Metzner, 63, was discovered floating off his private island in the Gulf of Morbihan, a natural harbour on the Brittany coast. Local gendarmes indicated that a suicide note had been found with the distinguished barrister, who represented the likes of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel and Continental Airlines as they defended claims that they were responsible for the Concorde crash which killed 113 people in 2000. @highlight Olivier Metzner, 63, was found floating off his island off the Brittany coast @highlight Lawyer represented rogue trader Jermone Kerviel and Continental Airlines @highlight Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, a previous client, cast doubt on suicide claims and said it was 'incompatible' with his character @highlight Metzner was well-known for clashes with former president Nicolas Sarkozy
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All smiles for the camera: This woman looks happy to be posing alongside the soldier in Crimea which has been occupied by @placeholder military
People in Crimea have been captured taking selfies with Russian masked gunmen as Ukraine is on the brink of war. In one photograph captioned 'sweetest guys' a woman stands alongside a soldier armed with a gun. In another a mother smiles intently for the camera with her two children while posing next to an armed guard. The pictures have appeared on the photograph sharing network Instagram. Scroll down for video A woman takes a selfie alongside a Russian soldier (left) while a mother allows her two children to be photographed next to an armed guard Sweetest guys: This woman posted a photograph of herself on Instagram next to this Russian soldier carrying a gun but said he was very sweet @highlight In one photograph captioned 'sweetest guys' a woman stands alongside a soldier armed with a gun @highlight In another a mother smiles intently for the camera with her two children while posing next to an armed guard @highlight The pictures have appeared on the photo sharing network Instagram @highlight Ukraine has put its military on high alert and appealed for international help
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In contrast, Mr @placeholder, who took charge of the Tory campaign machine in January on a £200,000-a-year deal, specialises in ‘dog whistle’ tactics – subtle appeals to voters’ underlying prejudices over issues such as immigration – which are designed to appeal to core Conservative voters.
By Glen Owen and Simon Walters PUBLISHED: 18:58 EST, 13 April 2013 | UPDATED: 19:07 EST, 13 April 2013 Out: Andrew Cooper was once a pivotal figure in No10 advising David Cameron The architect of David Cameron’s policy on gay marriage is leaving Downing Street after losing a power battle with the Prime Minister’s new Election supremo. Andrew Cooper, Mr Cameron’s personal polling guru and a key modernising figure at No 10, is returning to his private business after being usurped by outspoken Australian ‘fixer’ Lynton Crosby. Mr Cooper, who became Director of Government Strategy two years ago, is a former member of the now defunct Social Democratic Party and lobbied Mr Cameron to ditch traditional Right-wing Tory values and policies on Europe, tax and crime in a bid to ‘detoxify’ the Conservatives’ ‘Nasty Party’ image. @highlight Andrew Cooper, a key modernising figure for David Cameron had quit No10 @highlight Australian Lynton Crosby is now at the helm to secure the next election @highlight Crosby has helped Boris Johnson and Australian PM John Howard to victory
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'My priority is @placeholder and I want to feel healthy not hungry so I'm not on any diet.
It's only three months since she welcomed first daughter Nelly with fiancé Greg Shepherd, but Billie Faiers has snapped back into her pre-pregnancy shape - and is definitely already thinking about baby number two. Speaking to MailOnline about getting back into shape after giving birth, the 24-year-old said: 'I still have some baby weight to lose but I'm very relaxed about it - I am wearing a lot of looser tops and then tight trousers so am dressing around it. Scroll down for video Back in shape: Billie Faiers, who found fame on The Only Way Is Essex, gave birth in July but is already showcasing a toned physique and has hinted that she's thinking about baby number two @highlight Billie, 24, teamed up with My Babiie to design three pushchairs @highlight Says they are practical, stylish and affordable @highlight Gave birth to daughter Nelly in July @highlight Reveals she wants more children so they're close in age
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On the back of the slump, a @placeholder's Australia spokesperson said the Australian business was strong and growing despite a 'challenging environment'.
By Ryan Lipman For Daily Mail Australia Global sales for fast food giant McDonald's have slumped to a 10-year record low with Australia singled out as a 'weak' market. Internationally, Australia is part of the worst performing sector for this year's second quarter, the Asia Pacific Middle East and Africa operation, where sales fell by a massive 7.3 per cent. McDonald's chief executive Don Thompson defined under performing Australian and Japanese markets as weak and said the Illinois-based company was concentrating on 'stabilising' key priority markets in both Australia and Japan, as well as Germany and the U.S., reported the Sydney Morning Herald. @highlight Australia has been identified as a weak market for McDonald's @highlight The country is part of the fast food chain's worst performing global sector @highlight Overall international sales for McDonald's have dropped to a 10-year low @highlight The decline comes amid trends to healthier foods and increased competition
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Rojas said the office's goal is to make @placeholder the No.
Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- As more governments approve same-sex marriage laws, officials here are hoping to attract a growing part of the tourism market: gay honeymoons. The first couple to wed under Argentina's recent law allowing same-sex marriages nationwide arrives in Mexico this week on an all-expenses-paid trip -- part of a new push by the government in Mexico City, Mexico to woo gay travelers. "We hope that many same-sex couples who get married around the world spend their honeymoons here," says Alejandro Rojas, the city's tourism secretary. In July, the city opened an office aimed at catering to gay tourists that officials describe as the first of its kind in Latin America. @highlight The first couple to wed under Argentina's new same-sex marriage law arrives this week @highlight A new government tourism office in Mexico City aims to attract more gay visitors @highlight Officials hope the city will become the top destination for gay travelers in Latin America @highlight Professor: Latin America has some of the most gay-friendly cities in the developing world
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Stations must report the results to the @placeholder within 45 days.
Washington (CNN) -- Problems were reported across the country during the first-ever nationwide test Wednesday of the Emergency Alert System, designed to allow the president to address the American people during a national emergency. Some television and radio stations did not air the planned 30-second test at all. Some that aired it stayed with the signal longer than others. There were anecdotal reports of TV stations failing to air the message in Washington, Atlanta, New York, California and elsewhere. The message did not air on a cable channel being monitored in a Capitol Hill office and in the Capitol's radio and TV gallery. @highlight Some television and radio stations did not air the planned 30-second test at all @highlight 80% to 90% of the first stations to report said they rebroadcast the alert, an FCC official says @highlight Officials say the test did what it was designed to do: find flaws in the system
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@placeholder's have issued a statement explaining that the local public health company and a pest control company investigated the franchise and found no evidence of a pest problem.
A man who was finishing his cup of coffee got more than just a caffeine buzz when he discovered what was lurking in his coffee cup. Ron Morais of Fredericton in New Brunswick in Canada removed the lid from his McDonald's morning brew to discover a dead mouse laying at the bottom. 'I always take the lid off to get my last sip of coffee. And when I took the lid off, there was a little bit of a surprise in my coffee cup,' he told CBC. 'It was a dead mouse.' Scroll down for video... Unwelcome surprise: A dead mouse was found at the bottom of a McDonald's coffee cup in Canada @highlight Ron Morais, of Fredericton, ordered a cup of coffee from his local restaurant @highlight He found the dead rodent after removing the lid to take the last sip @highlight The fast-food company, which just launched a campaign to promote the quality of its food, said it will launch an investigation
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And his name is synonymous with Pennsylvania, an idiosyncratic state that pushes and pulls between the two parties, and his home, the staunchly @placeholder city of Philadelphia.
(CNN) -- Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party at the twilight of his political career, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his family announced. Specter died of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at his home in Philadelphia, his family said. He was 82. The veteran Pennsylvania politician had overcome numerous serious illnesses over the past two decades, including a brain tumor. He had been in the public eye since serving as a member of the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. @highlight NEW: Vice President Joe Biden praises "my friend," plans to attend funeral Tuesday @highlight Specter died of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma @highlight He represented Pennsylvania in the Senate longer than anyone else @highlight He was long one of the most prominent Jewish-American politicians
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@placeholder are featured prominently in the windows, which became a problem
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:04 EST, 17 April 2013 | UPDATED: 18:04 EST, 17 April 2013 Natalie White has won the battle of the boobs. The topless model claims that she was only able to persuade police officers not to shut down her raunchy gallery show on Manhattan's Lower East Side neighborhood after she invited them to see it. The show, 'Who Shot Natalie White,' opens Wednesday night - and features numerous nude photos of Ms White - including some of her pleasuring herself. 'Who Shot Natalie White': The Rox Gallery features photos of Natalie White in various stages of undress - shot by nearly two dozen photographers @highlight Rox Gallery in the Lower East Side was chided by its neighbors for featuring 'pornography' in its windows @highlight Exhibit, 'Who Shot Natalie White' features nude images of the model, who defends the exhibit
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Today @placeholder again attempted to talk Klain up, saying he 'has been very hard at work in coordinating the whole-of-government approach that the president has mandated.'
The White House has said from the beginning of Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain's temporary appointment that it's not his job to be the face of the administration's efforts to stop an Ebola epidemic from breaking out on America's shores. Rather, the president's spokesman has said, Klain's position is a managerial one, and his sole responsibility is 'coordinating the whole-of-government approach.' 'He has performed very well in that task,' press secretary Josh Earnest said today. The fruits of his labor are 'already being felt, at the White House and across the government,' the Obama flak added. But since accepting the job 11 days ago, it's unclear from the outside looking in what it is that Klain has brought to the proverbial table. So far, the government's 'coordination' with Ebola affected states appears to be just as ham-handed as it was before Klain came on, reporters noted at yesterday's press briefing. @highlight It's unclear from the outside looking in what it is that Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain has brought to the table since accepting the job @highlight The White House says 'he has performed very well in that task' and the 'fruits of his labor are 'already being felt' @highlight But the White House can't point to a single thing that Klain has actually coordinated @highlight GOP said from the beginning that Klain wasn't the right person to manage the government's Ebola efforts because he has no health crisis experience @highlight Even Saturday Night Live made fun of him last weekend
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@placeholder calculates brand value by looking at a company's financial performance, consumers' 'brand alliance' and 'brand strength analysis'.
Apple's iconic logo has become a cult symbol for technology-lovers worldwide. And now, for the second year in a row, the Cupertino-based firm has been named the most valuable brand in the world. The tech giant is worth $119 billion (£80 billion) - or more than the gross domestic product of Cyprus, Kenya, and Estonia combined. Scroll down for a list of the top 100 Apple's iconic logo has become a cult symbol for technology-lovers worldwide.And now, for the second year in a row, the Cupertino-based firm has been named the most valuable brand in the world. Pictured are the top ten brands in the world, according to a recent Interbrand survey @highlight Apple is worth $119bn (£80bn) and Google is now worth $107bn (£66.2bn) @highlight Google is followed by Coca-Cola, which is up 3% to $81.5bn (£50.4bn) @highlight Fourth place went to IBM, fifth place to Microsoft and sixth place to GE @highlight Fastest growing brand as Facebook, increasing its value by 86 per cent @highlight Nokia plummeted from 57th place last year down to 98th in the top 100
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The case captured @placeholder's attention as A-listers and insiders speculated on who would be caught up the scandal.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Hollywood's disgraced private investigator to the stars shuffled in shackles into a federal courtroom Monday and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in a celebrity wiretapping scandal. A threat to a reporter launched an investigation that brought down celebrity shamus Anthony Pellicano. The sentence for Anthony Pellicano was close to the 16 years sought by federal prosecutors. A probation report had recommended a sentence just under six years. U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer also ordered Pellicano and two other defendants in the case to pay $2 million in restitution. "You were unquestionably the organizer and leader," the judge said, referring to Pellicano's role in the vast wiretapping scheme. The judge added that Pellicano inflicted "emotional, physical and psychological harm onto his victims" and counted the justice system among the victims. @highlight Anthony Pellicano, disgraced P.I. to the stars, gets no credit for time served @highlight He was convicted of wiretapping, conspiracy and racketeering @highlight Snooping targets included comedian Garry Shandling, mogul's ex-wife
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‘With Celtic, we didn’t know what to expect, but we were expected to easily beat the @placeholder side, which we did, but only after a big fright and a good performance away.
By Mark Wilson Legia Warsaw midfielder Ondrej Duda has delivered a withering put-down to Celtic by insisting Irish minnows St Patrick’s Athletic gave his team a tougher test. Ronny Deila’s side require an extraordinary fightback at Murrayfield this evening after losing 4-1 in last week’s first leg in the Polish capital. That was in stark contrast to Legia’s previous home game in the Champions League qualifiers, when St Pat’s emerged with a goalless draw before being hammered 5-0 in Dublin. Slammed: Ondrej Duda says Irish side St Patrick's Athletic gave Legia Warsaw a tougher test than Celtic Slovakian youngster Duda claims he is not complacent about the return game with Celtic, but admitted he has already selected an ideal opponent for the play-off round. @highlight Duda says St Pat's gave them tougher test than Celtic in Warsaw @highlight SPL champions fell to 4-1 defeat in Champions League qualifier (first leg) @highlight Scott Brown has promised to give his all for Celtic
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'If he cares so much about @placeholder and he believes in America, he should trust the American system of justice.'
Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday the United States is setting up a $5billion 'terrorism partnership fund' to help other countries push back against radical extremists. Appearing on a host of network morning-show interviews, Kerry staunchly defended President Barack Obama's decision to terminate the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan by the end of the year. Referring in a 'Today' show interview to a speech Obama was set to give later Wednesday at the U.S. Military Academy, Kerry said Obama is telling the Afghans 'by a specific time they have to take over management of their own security and military.' @highlight Kerry says the fund will help fund anti-terrorism initiatives globally @highlight Comes the day after President Obama announced that less than 10,000 American troops will be in Afghanistan by the end of the year
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Just one: Runners have been limited to only one bag, the clear plastic one provided by the @placeholder club
By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 09:20 EST, 3 November 2013 | UPDATED: 09:23 EST, 3 November 2013 The New York City marathon is back, and with it is a renewed focus on security. Taking lessons learned from the Boston Marathon bombings, authorities and marathon organizers have doubled down on the use of surveillance cameras, bomb sniffing dogs, scuba divers, and even counterterrorism agents. The heightened security, which includes almost 2,000 cameras, was announced during a Friday afternoon press conference held jointly by the New York Police Department and the New York Road Runners club. ‘This will be the best-protected race that they can enter,’ said police commissioner Ray Kelly. @highlight The 2013 New York City Marathon's security budget has been doubled to more than $1million @highlight Officials will have access to almost 2,000 security cameras @highlight Authorities worked alongside their Boston counterparts to create a comprehensive security plan @highlight Bomb-sniffing dogs, scuba divers, police boats, helicopters and various other measures have also been implemented
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Leading congressional Republicans -- including both @placeholder senators -- were quick to praise Obama's decision.
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees Tuesday for two nuclear reactors to be built in Burke County, Georgia. A new nuclear power plant has not been built in the United States in three decades. The new reactors are to be part of an expansion of an existing nuclear facility near Augusta, Georgia, operated by Atlanta-based Southern Co. The loan guarantees will help create 3,500 on-site construction jobs and 850 permanent operations jobs, administration officials claimed. The reactors will help provide power to over 550,000 homes and 1.4 million people, it said. "This is only the beginning," Obama said during a visit to an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers training facility in Lanham, Maryland. "We'll continue to provide financing for clean energy projects ... across America." @highlight NEW: Modern reactors far safer than pre-Three Mile Island reactors, energy secretary says @highlight NEW: Loan applications for more nuclear facilities being considered, Steven Chu says @highlight NEW: GOP senator from Georgia praises Obama's decision as "a step in the right direction" @highlight 3,500 on-site construction jobs and 850 permanent operations jobs projected, officials say
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Through the field: @placeholder driver Sebastian Vettel did well to make up ground from 15th
Lewis Hamilton held off Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg over the dying stages of the Spanish Grand Prix to win his fourth successive race. The gap was just 0.6 seconds between the duelling duo come the chequered flag that dropped after 66 laps, allowing Hamilton to move to the top of the championship for the first time in almost two years. Daniel Ricciardo finished on the podium for the second time this season, albeit for the first time legitimately after the Australian was disqualified from his home race in March after a fuel irregularity with his Red Bull. King of the world: Lewis Hamilton held off Nico Rosberg to secure victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday @highlight Lewis Hamilton now leads Nico Rosberg in the title race by three points @highlight Hamilton was just 0.6secs ahead of Rosberg at the chequered flag @highlight Daniel Ricciardo completed the podium with Sebastian Vettel finishing 4th @highlight Mercedes were utterly dominant sealing their fourth straight 1-2 finish
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For tireless acts of courage and mercy, for buying the world time to boost its defenses, for risking, for persisting, for sacrificing and saving, the Ebola fighters are Time's 2014 @placeholder."
Foday Gallah saw the sick child was distressed and felt he had to do something. So he picked the kid up to comfort him. And with that act of kindness, the 37-year-old ambulance supervisor in Monrovia, Liberia, contracted Ebola himself. "Of course, he got vomit all over him and that's how he got Ebola," said photographer Jackie Nickerson, who shot Gallah's image for Time's "Person of the Year" magazine cover, which honors those on the front line of the Ebola epidemic. They're "the ones who answered the call," the magazine said on its website Wednesday morning. Nickerson expanded on why Gallah was chosen for one of the magazine's five covers: "He's the shining example of what the right thing to do is. He's a shining example that we should all try to follow. He really did touch me with his story. I don't usually like to use the word hero, but I have to use it here." @highlight Time names those on front lines of Ebola outbreak as the "Person of the Year" @highlight Other possibilities were Ferguson protesters, Vladimir Putin and Roger Goodell @highlight Taylor Swift, Jack Ma, Tim Cook and Masoud Barzani were also in the running
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'@placeholder is a strong and positive female role model and I think it is important that children's television shows positive social values.'
TV favourite Bob the Builder has had a refurbishment of his own - with a fresh look and a new voice for the next series TV favourite Bob the Builder has had a refurbishment of his own - with a fresh look and a new voice. Actor Lee Ingleby, who is starring in BBC1 drama Our Zoo, takes over from Neil Morrissey, who voiced the handyman from his launch a decade and a half ago. Also joining the series when it airs next year will be Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt - as Bob's business partner Wendy - and Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison, who voices the digger Scoop. @highlight Actor Lee Ingleby, who stars in BBC1 drama Our Zoo, takes over from Neil Morrissey @highlight Handyman voiced by Morrissey since show's launch in 1998 @highlight Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt will playing Bob's business partner Wendy, and Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison will voice digger Scoop @highlight Characters will be computer-generated rather than created using stop-motion animation
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The practical effect means gay and lesbian couples in those states could soon become legally wed. @placeholder announced it would start issuing marriage licenses within hours of the court's action.
Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court kicked off its new term with some drama on the same-sex marriage front, and a bit of confusion mixed into the proceedings. By tradition, Chief Justice John Roberts -- joined by his eight colleagues -- took to the bench at 10 a.m. and announced the end of the old term and the start of the new, welcoming new lawyers to the court's bar and holding a one-hour argument on a search and seizure case. But many reporters and court observers were downstairs, preoccupied trying to make sense of a surprise move. In brief orders, the justices without explanation announced they had rejected appeals from five states seeking to keep their bans on same-sex marriage in place. Those states are Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin. @highlight The Supreme Court declines to wade into marriage battles in five states @highlight As a result, lower court rulings stand and same-sex couples can now marry in those states @highlight The Supreme Court initially handed reporters a set of orders that was missing 30 pages @highlight Its refusal to tackle the marriage cases was contained within those 30 pages
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Mr Firkins' grandfather, also called @placeholder, told the inquest: 'From speaking to the officers and learning about his injuries, I know that if Geoffrey had been wearing his seatbelt he would still be with us.
By Steve Robson PUBLISHED: 11:24 EST, 23 April 2013 | UPDATED: 11:44 EST, 23 April 2013 Heartbreak: Young father Geoffrey Firkins, pictured with his son Cody-Jay, died in a horrific crash as he sped to find his fiancee A young father was killed in a horror crash as he sped to rescue his fiancée after she was attacked in a nightclub, an inquest has heard. Geoffrey Firkins, 21, died when his Vauxhall Corsa collided with a lorry and a Peugeot 206 in the early hours of February 7 last year. North Staffordshire Coroners Court heard heard today how minutes earlier, he had received a phone call from fiancée Katie Evans, 21, telling him she had been assaulted during a night-out with friends. @highlight Geoffrey Firkins, 21, involved in horror smash in Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent @highlight Minutes earlier fiancee Katie Evans called to tell him she had been assaulted @highlight Inquest heard father-of-one was not wearing a seatbelt at the time
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She was flown to the @placeholder hospital six days later.
London (CNN) -- Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousufzai was in stable condition at a British hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgeries to repair her skull and help her hearing, officials said. "Both operations were a success and Malala is now recovering in hospital. Her medical team are 'very pleased' with the progress she has made so far," the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham said in a statement. "She is awake and talking to staff and members of her family." Saturday's five-hour surgeries were the latest step on a long road to recovery for Malala, who was shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen in October for speaking out in favor of education for Pakistani girls. @highlight Operations to repair Malala's skull and help her hearing "were a success," the hospital says @highlight Queen Elizabeth Hospital: She is stable, "awake and talking to staff and members of her family" @highlight Saturday's five-hour surgery is the latest step on a long road to recovery for the teen activist @highlight In October Taliban gunmen shot her in the head and neck
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@placeholder noted during the nomination ceremony that Castro "never forgets where he comes from."
Washington (CNN) -- Julian Castro, the mayor of San Antonio, and Mike Villarreal, the city's representative in the state legislature, saw potential in an historic, amoeba-shaped park parcel near the city's convention center. So, the two set to work. They secured the civic support, government approval and funding needed to turn HemisFair Park into a place where playgrounds and mixed income housing will one day overlook a grassy span and the Tower of the Americas — an observation tower marking the park's location as the site of the 1968 World's Fair. As President Barack Obama's choice to become the next housing secretary, a focus on helping revitalize inner-city areas, colleagues in Texas say, will stand the 39-year-old mayor in good stead. @highlight Julian Castro is a Democratic rising star tapped by president to head HUD @highlight His appointment could help improve Democratic standing with Latinos, Texas voters @highlight Castro will face questions about HUD funds, steering it through housing market recovery @highlight Texas colleagues say Castro has the right blend of experience to get the job done
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We're not quite certain, since @placeholder and Rashida Jones forge a connection so rich in chemistry and personal nuance.
Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) have what appears at first to be the perfect modern relationship. The two have known each other since the 10th grade, but never take each other for granted. They're warm, responsive, and fun-loving, with lots of shared rituals and cutesy little private games. Out to dinner with their best friends (Ari Graynor and Eric Christian Olsen), they talk about what they're going to order by lapsing into showbiz World War II Chuhmin accents (clearly a favorite routine of theirs), which allows them to tweak each other's foibles -- like who's going to do more mooching off the other's plate -- while keeping the interaction light. @highlight "Celeste and Jesse Forever" bounces along with nimble invention @highlight In the film, Samberg takes on his first role that's more dramatic than comedic @highlight Jones makes Celeste a study in engagingly high-functional yuppie self-delusion
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The @placeholder officers affected by this may be forgiven some feelings of irony when they now hear the attorney general repudiating some of the charges made against his officers by stating: "Those who serve in the ranks of law enforcement are our nation's heroes and deserve our nation's thanks, not the disrespect that is being heaped on them by those who see political advantage."
(CNN) -- Schadenfreude -- joy at the misfortune of others -- is a bad thing. So I've been trying to resist temptation these past months as I watch Attorney General Eric Holder deal with public and congressional reaction to the "Fast and Furious" scheme, the failed attempt by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to seed and then track U.S. firearms to Mexican drug cartels. Fast and Furious was a secretive, high-risk operation seemingly intended to deal with an intractable problem abroad. On those grounds, some may be tempted to equate it to a CIA covert action. But even if some attributes are similar -- tough problem, edgy solution, inherent complexity, great secrecy, high operational and political risk -- it was definitely not a covert action since those are clearly defined in an executive order as the province of the Central Intelligence Agency @highlight Former CIA director says "Fast and Furious" operation causing problems for AG Eric Holder @highlight He says the scrutiny is similar to the attention paid to CIA covert operations @highlight Hayden says Holder was among those who failed to understand the need for risky operations @highlight He says Holder now defends law enforcement "heroes" who "deserve our nation's thanks"
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However, the @placeholder victories were tied to some extraordinary events that scrambled the political landscape.
The next mayor of New York City will be chosen at the polls today and it is Bill de Blasio's race to lose as the Democratic candidate is beating his Republican rival by more than 40 points in the latest polls. Even though experts predict that turnout will not be particularly high, de Blasio's lead is so great that there is little to stop him from becoming Michael Bloomberg's successor. De Blasio got another boost of moral support from his daughter Chiara who surprised him Tuesday morning by flying to New York from her college in California in order to go to the polls with him. @highlight Democrat Bill de Blasio was leading in the last poll taken on Monday @highlight Election comes as Mayor Michael Bloomberg finishes his third term @highlight Even though New York City is overwhelmingly filled with Democratic voters, the last time there was one in the Mayor's mansion was in 1989
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Watch footage of Fritzl on vacation at a @placeholder beach resort »
AMSTETTEN, Austria (CNN) -- Josef Fritzl, who Austrian police say has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven of her children, twice holidayed in Thailand while she remained trapped in a cellar below his house, according to German media reports. Josef Fritzl appeared in court after admitting raping his daughter and fathering her seven children. Germany's Bild newspaper quoted a holiday companion, identified only as Paul H, who said he and 73-year-old Fritzl traveled to Thailand together twice and spent time in each other's homes. "He went [to Thailand] without his wife; apparently she had to look after the children. ... Once he had a very long massage from a young Thai girl at the beach. He really loved that," Paul H told the newspaper, which featured video of Fritzl laughing and receiving a massage in Thailand on its Web site. @highlight Incest dad twice holidayed in Thailand while daughter remained in cellar @highlight Austrian family terrorized by decades of incest meet for the first time @highlight Josef Fritzl kept daughter imprisoned under home for 24 years, police say @highlight Fritzl, who appeared in court Tuesday, has admitted guilt and faces 15 years|
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This year, the @placeholder approved the use of the experimental TKM-Ebola drug to test on suspected cases of the infection.
Scientists racing to develop something that will stop the largest Ebola epidemic in history are trying a variety of experimental drugs on patients. Without a cure, the disease has killed at least 3,431 people and infected 7,470 at last count. The first person known to have been diagnosed with the disease on U.S. soil, Thomas Duncan, is receiving a drug called Brincidofovir, according to his nephew Joe Weeks. So is the second Ebola patient to be treated in The Nebraska Medical Center's Biocontainment Unit, freelance cameraman Ashoka Mukpo. "After looking at the data on this drug, collaborating with the CDC and FDA and speaking with the patient and his family, we decided this was currently our best option for treatment," Dr. Phil Smith, medical director of the Biocontainment Unit, said in a statement Tuesday. "Every patient is somewhat different, and we believe Brincidofovir is the best choice." @highlight Scientists are using an experimental drug, Brincidofovir, on two Ebola patients @highlight ZMapp showed promise in patients, but there are no doses left @highlight Several vaccines are in trials @highlight Thai doctors believe they've found a new antibody, but it has not been tested
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He was thrown into an immigration detention centre after he failed to appeal the decision to remove him from the @placeholder.
A popular barman with British parents and sisters who has worked in the UK for 12 years has been forced to return to his native Philippines because his visa ran out. Fredel Buenavista, 32, left the country in south east Asia at the age of four and arrived in Britain when he was 20 with his stepfather Alan Pratt and his mother Maria, who are both British citizens. But earlier this month Mr Buenavista, from Maidstone, Kent, was detained by the Home Office earlier this month and threatened with deportation. Scroll down for video Popular: Barman Fredel Buenavista, 32, has British parents and sisters, and has worked in the UK for 12 years but had to return to his native Philippines because his visa ran out, despite a campaign from his customers @highlight Fredel Buenavista, 32, left the country in south east Asia at the age of four @highlight His mother and stepfather are British citizens and his sisters are British @highlight The Home Office say he was never granted a work permit @highlight He was detained and threatened with deportation earlier this month @highlight 3,000 people signed a petition calling for him to stay in Britain @highlight But he gave up his fight and flew home in order to apply for a new visa
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'continue to challenge [@placeholder management] to ensure that Radio 1 focuses
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:14 AM on 8th November 2011 Bringing in the old: Chris Moyles has seen the average age of listeners of his Radio 1 breakfast show rise to 33 It is supposed to be the radio station for the nation's youth. But the age of the average Radio 1 listener is actually 32, according to research, up from 29 three years ago. And the audience for the breakfast show presented by 37-year-old Chris Moyles is even older, at an average age of 33. The BBC station infamously lost long-running presenters including Simon Bates and Dave Lee Travis in the 1990s to try to become 'trendy' again. Its target audience now is 15- to 29-year-olds. @highlight Rises to 33 for breakfast show presented by Chris Moyles (aged 37) @highlight Analysis comes despite repeated calls for Radio 1 execs to refocus the station towards younger audience
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@placeholder has a policy of not commenting on the allegations but an unnamed Israeli source previously said the daylight killings provoked panic in surviving colleagues and generate a phenomenon Mossad veterans dub 'virtual defection' which hinders Iran's nuclear progress.
Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was hanged at Tehran's Evin Prison By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 07:28 EST, 15 May 2012 | UPDATED: 20:12 EST, 23 May 2012 Iran has hanged a man it said was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad who was convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists in 2010, Iranian state media reported today. Tehran has accused Israel and the U.S. of assassinating four Iranian scientists since 2010 in order to sabotage its nuclear programme which the West suspects is hiding Iran's attempt to develop a nuclear weapons capability. While Israel has declined to comment on the killings, it regards Iran's nuclear programme as an existential threat and has threatened military action against Tehran. Washington has denied any U.S. role. @highlight Tehran accused Israel of hampering its nuclear programme @highlight It says Israel has killed four of its scientists in the last two years @highlight Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was hanged at Tehran's Evin Prison
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@placeholder teaches, and part of that teaching is that women and men are meant
Reality TV star listed a number of 'sins' including homosexuality, bestiality and infidelity Grouped homosexuals in with terrorists and prostitutes in a paraphrased Bible quote GLAAD hit back at 'vile' comments and called him a 'stain' on A&E network which airs the show Son Jep appeared to endorse his father's comments saying, 'I'm definitely in line' Phil claimed he never saw black people mistreated before civil rights era Robertson released follow-up statement saying he 'loves all of humanity' but didn't disavow his comments Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson has linked homosexuality to bestiality. The 67-year-old reality TV star has come under fire from gay rights group GLAAD after making the homophobic comments in the January 2014 issue of GQ magazine and it's possible his show could now be at risk. @highlight Reality TV star listed a number of 'sins' including homosexuality, bestiality and infidelity @highlight Grouped homosexuals in with terrorists and prostitutes in a paraphrased Bible quote @highlight GLAAD hit back at 'vile' comments and called him a 'stain' on A&E network which airs the show @highlight Son Jep appeared to endorse his father's comments saying, 'I'm definitely in line' @highlight Phil claimed he never saw black people mistreated before civil rights era @highlight Robertson released follow-up statement saying he 'loves all of humanity' but didn't disavow his comments
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@placeholder would not eat or drink for days and would not leave her bedside for two months'.
By Martin Robinson A mother who killed herself in Asda was bereft after the death of her daughter from a heart defect and told family 'my life is not worth living' before she died, it emerged today. Sobia Yousef, 36, stabbed herself in the neck in the supermarket's kitchenware aisle in Shipley, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday morning in front of shoppers and staff. The death of her child Mehwash, nine, who had struggled with a hole in the heart from birth, had 'triggered a collapse in her mother's mental state'. Tragedy: Sobia Yousef, 36, left, stabbed herself in the neck in Asda this week after failing to cope with the death of daughter Mehwash, nine, right, who died last October from a rare heart condition @highlight Sobia Yousef, 36, died in aisle of Asda in Shipley, West Yorkshire @highlight Friends say death of her young daughter caused 'collapse in mental state' @highlight Nine-year-old Mehwash had a hole in the heart and short life expectancy @highlight 'She had tried to harm herself and said that life was not worth living after Mehwash died', her brother said @highlight Family say Sobia had been self-harming and should have been sectioned
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Instead of mooching at home, Kourtney and @placeholder hit their local bowling alley.
By Bianca London Kim, Khloe and Kourtney have unveiled their fourth clothing collection for Lipsy but in between raising babies, planning weddings and filming for their hit reality TV show, it seems that the trio didn't find the time to model it. While previous campaign shoots have seen the girls posing for notorious photographer Terry Richardson, they haven't been snapped in the range themselves this time around. Despite not showcasing their designs, the famous sisters promise that their capsule collection of bright dresses and flattering pencil skirts will 'deliver LA style combined with hot off the runway looks.' Camera shy? Khloe, Kim and Kourtney have just unveiled their new SS14 range for Lipsy but didn't pose for the campaign this time around @highlight Girls unveil SS14 capsule collection for Lipsy @highlight Previous shoots by Terry Richardson but no campaign images this season @highlight Range is full of coral dresses and lace jumpsuits @highlight Priced between £32 - £65
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'The @placeholder guys, perhaps thinking they were better because they have this big flash car, obviously weren't expecting the Lada crew to fight back.
By Chris Pleasance A one-armed man in Russia has been filmed being savagely beaten during a road rage attack, despite starting the fight himself. The fight happened during rush hour in Moscow as two men in a black Audi tried to start a fight with another pair of men sitting in a Lada behind them. The occupants of the black Audi, Nikita Korolev, 43, and Kiril Stepanov, 45, were travelling along when a taxi tried to pass them coming in the opposite direction. Scroll down for video A one-armed driver in Russia (right) and his passenger (left) have been filmed starting a road rage fight in Moscow. After being blocked from reversing by a Lana driver behind them (centre), the pair get out and starting kicking and punching the occupants through the windows @highlight One-armed driver has been filmed starting fight in Moscow @highlight Argument started after car behind him refused to reverse @highlight But tables quickly turn on him and he ends up on the floor @highlight Fight ends as he is kicked in the head and has false arm pulled off
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I went to him and said, “I think I'm ready”, and he said, “No, you're not, you need to train if you are going to have a good @placeholder”.
There was a time, in the weeks that followed Daniel Agger's crunching tackle on Jack Wilshere at Wembley in March, when the Arsenal midfielder got really worried. He had broken a bone in his foot and England head coach Roy Hodgson was just weeks away from announcing his squad for this summer's World Cup in Brazil. The clock was ticking. 'Unfortunately I have been in that position a lot,' admitted Wilshere, reflecting on his bad break during England v Denmark, as he rested between Tuesday's double training session at St George's Park. Eyes on the ball: Jack Wilshere is looking forward to his first World Cup @highlight Wilshere was injured playing for England against Denmark in March @highlight Jack given No 7 shirt after Rooney, Gerrard and Lampard had first pick @highlight Midfielder feared his World Cup dream was over @highlight Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger helped Wilshere return to fitness
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The first two victims, Noah Pozner and @placeholder, both six, were buried on Monday, with the boys' bodies laid out in white coffins.
By Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:08 EST, 18 December 2012 | UPDATED: 09:31 EST, 18 December 2012 The schools of Newtown will again ring with the sounds of students and teachers today in the wake of Friday's shooting rampage, but the doors at Sandy Hook Elementary will remain shut. Most schools in the area have stood empty since 20-year-old gunman Adam Lanza slaughtered 20 children and six teachers and school staff in one of America's worst school massacres. But classes for most students will resume as the Connecticut town struggles to return to normal. Though things will be far from 'normal.' @highlight Schools in the area closed after Friday's shooting that killed 26 children and educators @highlight Buses picked up students this morning for the first time since the tragedy as the Connecticut town struggles to return to normal @highlight Grief counselors and police officers will be on hand to help students, staff and parents
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By Joshua Gardner Two stars of popular new reality series Southern Charm whose pregnancy false alarm became a major story arc really did have a baby. Thomas Ravenel, 51, and much younger girlfriend Kathryn Dennis, 22, became parents despite an episode in which Dennis' pregnancy test came back negative that aired on Bravo, TMZ is reporting. The two reportedly kept their reality TV tryst going after cameras stopped rolling and began shacking up in Palm Beach, Florida. On March 24, the South Carolina celebutante gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Kensington. Scroll down for video... May-December: 50-year-old Ravenel's relationship with the 22-year-old local celebutante immediately raised eyebrows at garden parties across Charleston, South Carolina. Now they'll be raising a child @highlight Former South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel welcomed a baby girl with Kathryn Dennis welcomed Kensington Calhoun Ravenel March 24 @highlight Ravenel was put away for 10 months in 2008 on federal cocaine charges @highlight The millionaire former real estate developer now appears on Bravo's Southern Charm series @highlight Ravenel has a May-December romance on the show with political scion and South Carolina celebutante Kathryn Dennis @highlight Dennis was arrested in 2012 for underage drinking and disorderly conduct @highlight Ravenel is considering a run for U.S. Senate despite his checkered past and drama-filled present
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@placeholder told the media throng that it was 'incredible to here, I have dreamt about this so many times'.
Freed Australian journalist Peter Greste will not be giving up his job as a foreign correspondent, despite a warning from his mother Lois that 'we are not going through this again'. Mr Greste was speaking at his first open media conference in Brisbane on Thursday after being freed from an Egyptian jail and deported from the country earlier this week. 'I don't want to give this up, my job up. I'm a correspondent, it's what I do,' he said. 'How I do it, whether I actually do go ahead with it I don't know.' His mother Lois said she had always believed her children should follow their passion. 'At the same time ... he has got to know that we are not going to go through this again.' @highlight Peter Greste has faced his peers at a media conference in Brisbane vowing to return to work as a journalist @highlight His mother Lois joked that 'we are not going to go through this again' @highlight Greste returned to Australia after 400 day ordeal in Egypt jail @highlight Peter Greste was released from a Cairo prison and deported on Sunday @highlight He said his last words on leaving prison to his two colleagues who remain imprisoned in Egypt 'see you when I see you' @highlight Mr Greste spent much of his time in jail meditating, starting a masters degree in international relations and working out with his cell mates
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Violent past: Christine Keith wrote had filed a petition for a personal protection order against her estranged husband @placeholder
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:48 EST, 7 December 2013 | UPDATED: 05:35 EST, 8 December 2013 A Michigan mother of four children and enthusiastic writer of a popular housewife blog, was shot dead by her ex-husband, alongside her 14-year-old son, because he refused to accept their marriage was over. Christine Keith, 37, lost her life along with her teenage son Isaac Miller,14, after Randy Keith, 53, blasted them with one of his hunting rifles. After committing the murders, Keith then turned the gun on himself. The three were found dead at their home in Lansing, Michigan, on Thursday night and police confirmed Keith as the shooter. @highlight Family friend: 'Shocked but not surprised' by murder suicide @highlight Randy Keith threatened to kill his wife if she ever left him numerous times in recent years @highlight A number of friends believed her husbands hunting rifles may end up being used against them
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'@placeholder was pretty shocked when he found out, but he is alright about it now.
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:38 EST, 24 September 2012 | UPDATED: 02:26 EST, 25 September 2012 A runaway bride who jilted three men has finally tied the knot - with her maid of homour. Kerry De’ath, 29, first ran out on her fiance Craig Smith, 32, just months before they were set to jet to Florida for the dream wedding they spent years saving for. The bolting bride then settled down with a second love, Dave Futter, 29, for two and a half years - but left him when he popped the question. The one: After almost marrying a man on three occasions Kerry De'ath (right) finally said 'I do' to Sarah Woodford who was going to be her Maid of Honour @highlight Kerry De’ath, 29, ran out on Craig Smith, 32, months before Florida wedding @highlight Then ended long-term relationship with Dave Futter, 29, after he proposed @highlight Then agreed to marry Nick Farmer, 29, at a lavish ceremony @highlight But with six weeks to go her chief bridesmaid confessed her love
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A great deal of effort has been put into fabrics, too — historically one of @placeholder’s strengths.
By Gemma Champ From the clean-cut adverts featuring pretty, sleeved dresses to the new in-store food halls, everything is calculated to seduce Mrs Middle England. But, no, this isn’t Marks & Spencer: it’s BHS. Remember British Home Stores? It was the High Street’s last bastion of flammable tat and elasticated waists. But, after making a loss of £71 million last year, its Monaco-tanned owner Sir Philip Green seems to have settled on an aggressive new strategy: copying M&S in every possible way. Scroll down for video BHS are targeting Middle England mums. 'People don't want to buy cheap rubbish,' Sir Philip says bluntly. 'People want to buy nicer things. Premium value.' @highlight The fight to seduce Mrs Middle England is on as BHS and M&S begin battle @highlight BHS are introducing 50 new food halls, high-quality homewear @highlight Perhaps most importantly, BHS will release new line of women's clothing @highlight A number of senior staff from M&S have recently moved to BHS
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Bizimungu fled to @placeholder, where he was arrested in 2002 and transferred to the tribunal.
(CNN) -- A war crimes tribunal for Rwanda sentenced the African nation's former army chief to 30 years in prison Tuesday for his part in the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) found Augustin Bizimungu guilty on six counts of genocide, crimes against humanity for murder, extermination and rape and violations of the Geneva Conventions. During the genocide, soldiers and police under Bizimungu's command directed the extermination of tens of thousands of Tutsi civilians who had taken refuge in churches, hospitals and schools, according to Human Rights Watch. Soldiers and police also ordered civilian officials and ordinary citizens to join in hunting down and killing the Tutsi and punished them if they failed to do so, the human rights monitoring group said. @highlight A war crimes tribunal found Augustin Bizimungu guilty on 6 counts @highlight He had fled to Angola and was arrested there in 2002 @highlight About 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda
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He centers his condemnations primarily on the fact that at every level --the board, the president and @placeholder -- no one expressed any concern for the boys whose lives were devastated by the abuse inflicted upon them by Sandusky.
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- The ongoing Penn State scandal reached if not its denouement Thursday at least its climax with the release of the report prepared under the auspices of former FBI Director Louis Freeh. The report answers numerous questions about who knew about Jerry Sandusky's abuse of children as well as how suspicions, rumors and allegations were handled. For many of us the most disturbing element of the report already had been intimated in the press, the role that coach Joe Paterno played in handling complaints against athletes internally and disregarding both Penn State's procedures and also the law. @highlight Louis Freeh releases report showing failures by Penn State administrators @highlight Edward Queen: The report shows total lack of regard for innocent victims @highlight He says administrators and Penn State board didn't live up to their obligations @highlight Lesson is to focus on doing the right thing, not on covering up misdeeds, he says
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So, Tom and @placeholder ,we brought them into the writers room, and they've been incredibly generous with sharing the things they love about the show and their characters with us.
(EW.com) -- "Sleepy Hollow" wrapped up its freshman season Monday night with a finale packed full of major twists and a whopper of a cliffhanger that left pretty much every major character in a terrible, life-threatening position. (Head thee to EW's "Sleepy Hollow" recap for all the details.) With Ichabod (Tom Mison) buried six feet under (while still alive), Abbie (Nicole Beharie) trapped in Purgatory, and Katrina (Katia Winter) kidnapped by the headless horseman, executive producer Mark Goffman had a lot to answer for when we called him up after viewing the heart-stopping episode. Luckily Goffman, who penned the extraordinary second hour with fellow EP Alex Kurtzman, was more than happy to break it all down for us — and give us some early scoop on season 2! @highlight "Sleepy Hollow" wrapped up its first season with a twist-filled finale @highlight Executive producer Mark Goffman breaks down the cliffhanger @highlight Next season's theme is going to focus on the horseman of war
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Lucky draw: The Powerball numbers for the record-breaking jackpot are drawn at the @placeholder lottery studio
By Michael Zennie PUBLISHED: 11:37 EST, 5 June 2013 | UPDATED: 05:11 EST, 6 June 2013 The winner of a record $590million Powerball jackpot has been revealed to be an 84-year-old widow who had to leave the trailer she bought with her husband 25 years ago to move into a run-down duplex just one year ago, a neighbor revealed to MailOnline. Gloria C. Mackenzie finally claimed her massive prize today, two weeks after she bought the winning ticket at a Publix supermarket in Zephyhills, Florida. Mrs Mackenzie will split the winnings with her son Scott, 54, of Jacksonville, Florida. She told lottery officials that before she won, she and her son had made an agreement to share any proceeds. She was with her son when she bought the winning ticket for the May 18 Powerball drawing. @highlight Gloria C. Mackenzie claimed jackpot and took $370million lump sum - $266million after taxes @highlight Mrs Mackenzie has four children and lost her husband Ralph in 2005 @highlight Will split winnings with son Scott, 54, after making deal with share jackpot before she knew she had won @highlight Has already lined up accountant and lawyer to handle finances @highlight Unknown customer at Publix let her cut in line before she bought the winning ticket
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Fighting: The battles took place on land surrounding @placeholder (pictured) in 1644
By Rob Cooper PUBLISHED: 03:54 EST, 25 July 2013 | UPDATED: 11:17 EST, 25 July 2013 A 'lost' site where the forces of Charles I won one of their biggest victories during the Civil War has been added to an English Heritage register of battlefields. The Royalists inflicted a heavy defeat on the Parliamentarians near Lostwithiel, Cornwall, during two battles that took place in August and September 1644. The exact sites where the fighting occurred, close to Restormel Castle, have been located by the Battlefields Trust following archaeological work and research in the archives. Battle: Royalist forces clash with Parliamentarians during the Battle of Naseby in 1645. The Battle of Lostwithiel in 1644 was regarded as one of the key turning points in the war @highlight Royalists inflicted heavy defeat on Parliamentarians during two battles near Lostwithiel, Cornwall, in 1644 @highlight Sites where fighting occurred were lost but they have now been located @highlight Battlefield added to English Heritage register which potentially blocks future development on the site
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Brown's blood spilling out onto that street in Ferguson was symbolic of the blood that is spilling out of @placeholder's heart.
(CNN) -- For more than 100 days, the St. Louis area has experienced an unprecedented season of unrest. On August 9, Officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, an unarmed teen. The next day, the community gathered for prayer in the parking lot of the Ferguson Police Department. People continued to gather as the prayer service ended. I hung around and listened to story after story of police abuse in Ferguson and throughout the St. Louis area. I have no reason to doubt the legitimacy of the stories as my own black children have had similar encounters and stories of their own. @highlight The people of Ferguson are grieving, the Rev. Renita Lamkin says @highlight Missouri is heart of America, and America's heart is broken, she says @highlight The answer to a broken heart is not found in calling for more force, Lamkin says
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If our UK review shows that we need to change our approach, we will also push for change in @placeholder biofuels targets," he said.
(CNN) -- Those battling global warming by promoting biofuels may unintentionally be adding to skyrocketing world food prices, creating what one expert calls "a silent tsunami" in developing nations. The rising prices are "threatening to plunge more than 100 million people on every continent into hunger," Josette Sheeran, executive director of the United Nations' World Food Program, said on the agency's Web site Tuesday. Sheeran is one of the experts attending a Food summit hosted Tuesday by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, aimed at determining ways to boost food supplies and identify deterrents. Also attending the meeting are scientists and representatives from the European Union and Africa. @highlight Prices mean 100 million people could go hungry, U.N. official says @highlight Soaring food prices have triggered violence in some developing countries @highlight Expert says focus on biofuels means less focus on food crop @highlight World Health Organization views hunger as main threat to public health
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